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Personal info

Full name
BUTLER, John Edward
Date of birth
11 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31232707
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Waist Gunner
Unit
860th Bombardment Squadron,
493rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
Pechau, Magdeburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 12 17

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Butler (father)
Estelle M. (O'Reiley) Butler (mother)
Marjorie Butler (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
43-38319
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Magdeburg, Germany
MACR: 8869

More information

According to A/C 312, piloted by the brother of the pilot of A/C 319, the latter A/C received a direct hit on the left wing, which caught on fire. The A/C immediately fell into a spin and exploded at 18,000 feet. No chutes were observed.
Signature of the Preparing Officer, Anthony P. Testa, 1st Lt, Air Corps, Statistical Control

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - McGrath/Sullivan/Keenan/Butler Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - maryary